The Indie Comic Book Report #8
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From Dallas With Love
Nerdrotic of Friday Night Tights fame, joined the Rippaverse team at the Dallas Fan Expo, and announced he would be distributing his autobiography through the Rippaverse's RippaSend distribution service.
Nerdrotic also joined the Rippaverse team to greet fans at the Dallas Fan Expo. Nerdrotic has a current YouTube audience of approximately 1.2 million viewers, and videos on the channel regularly gather millions of views. Nerdrotic's autobiography is a strong potential vehicle to convert Friday Night Tight fans into Rippaverse readers.
Lets get to the Sales Numbers!
The sales statistics are as of Friday May 30, 2025. By sales total ISOM #3 remains the number one book for the Rippaverse, with $660,508 garnered from pre-orders. Fulfillment of ISOM #3 began last week, and is substantially complete. Horseman #1 penned by Chuck Dixon, has taken the number one place in 2025 for books ordered in a collection campaign with a total of 12,515 books. Some readers order multiple copies or variants covers of books, and looking at the range of books sold, it appears the Rippaverse has approximately 7,500+ regular buyers and readers.
Rippaverse Campaign Collections 2025 Year to Date
| Title | Books Sold | Sales Value |
|---|---|---|
| Rippazine 4 | 1,046 | $20,393 |
| Saints and Sinners | 6,688 | $234,967 |
| Yaira 3 | 6,828 | $199,761 |
| ISOM 3 | 11,666 | $660,508 |
| TGWOS 2 | 6,969 | $210,956 |
| Zalen | 8,789 | $264,609 |
| Horseman #1 | 12,515 | $367,947 |
| Rippazine 3 | 4,123 | $95,279 |
| TGWOS 1 | 9,633 | $233,999 |
| Yaira 2 | 10,805 | $371,836 |
| Bloodruth (2025 Portion) | 3,312 | $136,000 |
| TOTAL | 82,374 | $2,796,255 |
Comicsgate Campaigns
Comicsgate has yet to produce a six-figure ($100,000+) crowdfunding campaign in 2025. "Cyberfrog Dark Harvest: Last Chance" from Ethan Van Sciver remains the largest crowdfunding campaign in 2025, with a total of $59,868. Van Sciver's year plus focus on negative YouTube content directed at Eric July and the Rippaverse may have turned off backers. In a post on X, Jon Del Arroz noted Van Sciver has lost 10,000 Youtube Subscribers since focusing attacks on other Youtube channels and creatives.
Drama and conflict based YouTube content may have reached an inflection point, and is now limiting rather than driving crowdfunding sales for Comicsgate. Through Friday May 30, 2025 Comicsgate raised approximately $474,000 from Crowdfunding campaigns.
| CAMPAIGN NAME | January 1,2025 Funding | May 23, 2025 Funding | May 30, 2025 Funding | Past Week Funding | YTD FUNDING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Van Sciver's REIGNBOW THE BRUTE | $538,584 | $538,461 | $538,461 | $0 | -$123 |
| Ethan Van Sciver's FEARSOME comic book series!! | $126,002 | $129,784 | $130,009 | $225 | $4,007 |
| Ride N' Die 1 | $51,038 | $55,900 | $55,938 | $38 | $4,900 |
| Aaron Lopresti's Wraith of God | $73,076 | $79,069 | $79,224 | $155 | $6,148 |
| SEVEN AMENS BEFORE SUNDOWN | $0 | $7,330 | $7,390 | $60 | $7,390 |
| Inglorious Rex Volume 3 Indieogogo | $65,509 | $74,736 | $74,736 | $0 | $9,227 |
| REIGNBOW THE BRUTE Hyper Articulated Action Figure | $224,958 | $234,260 | $234,260 | $0 | $9,302 |
| Black and White V3 Sin of the Father | $20,738 | $34,534 | $34,742 | $208 | $14,004 |
| GRAHAM NOLAN'S ESCAPE FROM MONSTER ISLAND | $74,121 | $88,494 | $88,659 | $165 | $14,538 |
| Cecil's Cash Grab 2 - Orange Is The New Fat. (FMC) | $67,756 | $82,944 | $83,190 | $246 | $15,434 |
| Shi: Gatecrasher Indiegogo | $89,446 | $105,862 | $105,862 | $0 | $16,416 |
| HE-PUNK and the Basstards of the Universe! | $0 | $17,186 | $17,184 | -$2 | $17,184 |
| Pigman (FMC) | $0 | $18,254 | $18,536 | $282 | $18,536 |
| SPRINGBALL: TERMINAL MONSTROSITY #1 | $0 | $30,270 | $31,077 | $807 | $31,077 |
| Ethan Van Sciver's Cyberfrog: Red Extermination | $786,573 | $805,471 | $824,794 | $19,323 | $38,221 |
| Graveyard Shift VOL V VARIANTS! [Closed] | $0 | $40,546 | $40,546 | $0 | $40,546 |
| Ultra CYBERFROG: Warts and All Oversized Hardcover | $101,869 | $142,925 | $143,035 | $110 | $41,166 |
| Matt Martin's Snowman 2 | $0 | $41,110 | $41,256 | $146 | $41,256 |
| 2025 ALL CAPS and CYBERFROG MERCH! | $0 | $41,293 | $41,509 | $216 | $41,509 |
| Inglorious Rex Volume 3 (S. Davis Website) | $258,000 | $301,465 | $301,465 | $0 | $43,465 |
| CYBERFROG: DARK HARVEST. LAST CHANCE! 7 DAYS! [Closed] | $0 | $59,868 | $59,868 | $0 | $59,868 |
| $2,477,670 | $2,929,762 | $2,951,741 | $21,979 | $474,071 |